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Sphalerite from
Copper King Mine (Hart Mine), Wildcat Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Fresno County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper King Mine (Hart Mine), Wildcat Mountain, Foothill Copper Belt, Fresno County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:325135
Long-form Identifier:1:3:325135:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
17.8km (11.0 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
20.7km (12.8 miles) ⓘFresno Mine (Heiskell Mine), Table Mountain Rancheria, Foothill Copper Belt, Fresno County, California, USA
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘRainbow Tungsten Mine (Rainbow Mine), Nelson Mountain, Fresno County, California, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) ⓘJessie Belle Mine (Jesbel Mine; June Belle Mine [?]), Daulton group, Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
57.4km (35.6 miles) ⓘBuchanan Mine (Johnson group; Johnston), Iron Mountain (2), Daulton, Daulton Mining District, Madera County, California, USA
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘBiladeau Mine (Bradford; Bradford and Smith; Biladeau; Mount Raymond Lead-Zinc property; Star), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
67.3km (41.8 miles) ⓘS. P. group (Buena Vista; Zinc Pilot; Blue; Boulder; Keystone; Wonder; Alta), Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
67.6km (42.0 miles) ⓘStar Mine, Mount Raymond (Raymond Mountain), Madera County, California, USA
72.5km (45.0 miles) ⓘStrawberry Mine (Strawberry Tungsten Mine; Strawberry-Macdougald Tungsten; Strawberry Tungsten deposits), Timber Knob, Madera County, California, USA
References
Crawford, James John (1896), Thirteenth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 13
Logan, Clarence August, Lewis T. Braun & James W. Vernon (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Fresno County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47(3): 500-501
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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